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Webster 1913 Edition

Scraping

Scrap′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of scraping; the act or process of making even, or reducing to the proper form, by means of a scraper.
2.
Something scraped off; that which is separated from a substance, or is collected by scraping;
as, the
scraping
of the street
.

Scrap′ing

,
Adj.
Resembling the act of, or the effect produced by, one who, or that which, scrapes;
as, a
scraping
noise; a
scraping
miser
.
–
Scrap′ing-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scraping

SCRA'PING

,
ppr.
Rubbing the surface with something sharp or hard; cleaning by a scraper; removing by rubbing; playing awkwardly on a violin.

Definition 2024

scraping

scraping

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Verb

scraping

  1. present participle of scrape

Noun

scraping ‎(plural scrapings)

  1. The act by which something is scraped.
    • 2003, Brad Steiger, Real Ghosts, Restless Spirits, and Haunted Places (page 30)
      We explored the basement, wherein she had so often heard heavy footsteps, thuddings, and scrapings.
  2. What has been removed when something has been scraped.
    the scrapings of roads and ditches

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